Draw-gear for railway-cars



(No Model.)

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PATENT OFFICE? CHARLES STARR, OF LOGANSPORT, INDIANA.

DRAW-GEAR FOR SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters RAILWAY-CARS- PatentNo. 382,840, dated May 15,1888.

Application filed J uly 13,4887. Serial No. 244,195. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. STARR, of Logansport, in the county ofCass and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Draw-BarConnection for Railway Cars, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to draw-bar connections, the object of theinvention being to provide for the connection of the draft-irons to thedraft-sill in a manner so that the flooring of the car will not'beinterfered with,and in a manner so that any broken connecting-bolt maybe readily replaced; and to this end the invention consists,essentially, of. a pair of flanged channe1-irons, in the flanges andsides of which are formed transverse gains or slots to receive the'boltsby which the draw-spring cage and the bolster-bearin g are bolted toposition, the channel-irons being arranged for connection with thedraft-sill, as will be hereinafter more fully described, andspecifically pointed out in the claims. 4

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views. 7

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal sectional view through the draw-headand the drawspring cage, a portion of the channel-iron being broken awayto disclose the arrangement of the parts. Fig. 2 is an inverted planview of a draw-bar connection arranged in accord, ance with the terms ofmyinvention, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line mm of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 10 represents the end sill, 11 the. draft-sill, and 12the body-bolster, of an ordinary form of car. To the sides of thedraft-sill 11, I bolt channel-irons 13, with outwardlyextendingflanges14, and in these flanges 14 are formed gains or slots 2, through whichthere are passed bolts 3, by which the draw-spring cage 15 is held toplace beneath the sill 11, the lower flanges on the channelirons beinggained out to receive the plates which hold the draw-spring cage inposition, and the upper sides of the channel-irons may be eithercountersunk or inclined downward and inward toward the sill; but Iprefer to flange both the upper and lower sides of the described.

channel-bars, as shown in the drawings. The bolts 3 not onlypass-through the flanges and sides'of the channel-irons 13, but alsopass through apertures formed in plates 16, that are arranged, as usual,in connection with the draw-spring cage. a In order that thechannel-irons 13 may be held againstany backward pressure, Iprovidebraces 20, which consist of bars of iron that are bolted to placebetween the lower flanges 14 on the channel-irons 13, the rear ends ofthese bars being bent over to form shoulders 22, which bear against thebolster 12.

From the construction described it will be seen that the buffing andpulling strains are much more evenly distributed upon the draft sill,and that such sill is at the same time greatly strengthened andstiffened, andit will also be seen that the flooring of the car is leftintact, and that in case of the accidental breakage of any of theconnecting-bolts such bolts may be quickly and conveniently replaced.

In order thatthe channel-bar 13 may be stiffened and strengthened, Iprovide. sleeves 21,which closely abut against its approaching faces,and in order'that a certain amount of elasticity may be imparted to theconnection I prefer to'arrange rubber washers t as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent--, V v 1. As anew article of manufacture, achannel-bar having outwardly-extending flanges, the flanges and sides ofwhich. are provided with transverse gains or slots, substantially as 2.An improved channel-bar having out wardly-extending flangesand'providedwith transverse slots in the sides and flanges, the said slots being ofa sufticient depth to allow the headof a bolt to drop down behind thesaid flanges when a bolt is inserted in the said slots, substantially asherein shown and described.

car, of bolts passing through transverse gains or slots formed in theflanges and sidesof the channel-bars and bolster-bearings, being heldprovided with apertured plates or flanges 16, 10 to place by bolts andthe lower flanges on the of the channel-irons 13, havingoutwardly-exchannel-bars, substantially as described. tending flangesand provided with slots 2 in 4. The combination, with channel-bars 13,the sides and flanges, and the bolts 3, substana means for connectingsaid bars to the drafttiall y as herein shown and described. sills of acar, of bolts 3, which pass through CHARLES H. STARR. gains or slots 2,formed in the flanges and sides of channel-bars 13, substantially asdescribed. 5. The combination,with the spring-cage 15,

Witnesses:

A. P. J ENKS, G. D. HERRIOK. 1

